Definition of Pucelle

1. n. A maid; a virgin.

Definition of Pucelle

1. Noun. (archaic) A girl, a maiden; a virgin (often with reference to Joan of Arc). ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) A prostitute, a slut. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pucelle

1. a maid [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pucelle

publishment
publishments
publisht
pubococcygeus exercises
pubs
pubwards
puccalo
puccoons
puce
pucelage
pucelages
pucelles
pucer
puceron
pucerons
puces
pucest
pucherite
puchito
puchitos
puck
puck-handling
puck-out
puck bunnies
puck bunny

Literary usage of Pucelle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Book Prices Current (1902)
"(324) $10.00 8910 LA pucelle D'ORLEANS. Poeme en vingt-un chants. ... 8911 LA pucelle, THE MAID OF ORLEANS. A new and complete translation into English ..."

2. The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated by John Colin Dunlop (1876)
"Lors est Perceval du lict de la pucelle approché, courrant assez lourdement dessus son cheval : adone s' est la pucelle assez ..."

3. The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow: Being Anecdotes of by Rees Howell Gronow, Joseph Grego (1892)
"PE'RONNE LA pucelle.—The fourth or fifth day after Waterloo, we arrived before Peronne la pucelle, (the Virgin town,) as the inhabitants delighted to call ..."

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